MAP08: Plunge (Jenesis)

MAP08: Plunge is the eighth map of Jenesis. It was designed by James Paddock (Jimmy) and uses the music track "Sewer Chase," by Stuart Rynn (stewboy). The par time is 1:40.

Essentials
Step forward to open the elevator doors and kill the shotgun guys waiting outside them, then go through the north doorway to find some more zombies guarding an armor and a deep hole. Drop down the hole to land on a radiation shielding suit and super shotgun, then step forward into a nukage-filled hall with three green buildings; each building contains a button that must be pressed to lower the bars at the south-east end. Drop down the hole behind the bars to land on another radiation suit, then quickly kill the zombies, imps and revenants in the nukage ahead before crossing to the door on the east side. Behind the door are two staircases going north and south, which have imps, chaingunners and a Hell knight guarding each of them - go up both staircases and flip a switch at the top of each one, then go back to the nukage pool to find that the pillar holding the blue keycard has lowered. Watch out for cacodemons that are released when you collect the key.

Climb out of the pit then open the small door on the north side to confront a demon and shotgun guys, who are guarding a blue key door. Go through the next door to enter a round cavern with imps and arachnotrons (plus two pain elementals on Ultra-Violence (UV) and Nightmare (NM) skill levels), then go through to the north end and open another blue door to enter a small room with imps and knights, along with an arch-vile on UV and NM. Press the button at the back of the room to lower a teleporter then enter it to go back to the nukage pit, where the pillar holding the red keycard has now lowered. Taking the key will open two platforms ahead holding lost souls, as well as pain elementals on Hurt Me Plenty or higher.

Climb out of the pit again and open the small door on the south side to enter a U-shaped corridor with a demon and zombies. Open the door at the south-west end of the corridor to enter a large cave with a central brown building, kill the imps, zombies and demons that protect it then press the three buttons at the east, south and west ends of the cave to lower the bars blocking the building entrances. Go inside the building to confront up to four revenants, then press the skull switch on the north-east wall to lower the central column and reveal the exit teleporter.

Secrets

 * 1) In the area with three shacks, go to the north end and press on the piped wall with green lights near the north-east lamp. You will find a computer area map, boxes of bullets, boxes of shotgun shells and boxes of rockets. (sector 321)
 * 2) In the U-shaped hallway where the red key door is, find the flickering panel at the bend and use it, then enter the dark space near the door you used earlier to find a rocket launcher. (sector 264)
 * 3) In the cave beyond the blue key door, open the indented rock wall to the right of the next blue door and follow the cave around to a megasphere. (sector 326)
 * 4) At the final cave area, head to the north-west and into a tunnel to get a megaarmor. (sector 327)
 * 5) There are three switches in the final cave area. Go behind the southern-most switch and use the switch on the backside, then head east and up the rocks to a plasma gun, energy cells and health bonuses. (sector 217)

Current records
The records for the map at the Doom Speed Demo Archive are:

The data was last verified in its entirety on May 12, 2023.

Things
This level contains the following numbers of things per skill level:

Trivia

 * This level was first released with Part 2 of Jenesis.